It is with great sadness that we officially announce the Line of Duty Death of Donald Bryan Kongus. A full honours funeral will be held on Dec 18th at 1100hrs at the Fraserview Mennonite Brethren Church, 11295 Mellis Drive in Richmond BC. Full Dress uniform. Reception details TBA

A full-honors funeral was held at Fraserview Mennonite Brethren Church after a funeral procession this morning.

Acting Chief Tim Wilkinson says the department has a number of initiatives in place to try and combat PTSD in the workplace. He adds Richmond Fire was the first in the province to implement a critical incident stress management team.

The department also holds debriefings and diffusings after difficult events, and has added a “resilient minds” course that teaches members to look out for each other.

Wilkinson explained that the decision to make Kongus’ death public was to shed light on mental health issues with first responders as well as the general public.

“The stimaga doesn’t help,” he says. “It has people hiding away and not getting all the help they need. Sometimes it’s good to just make sure that we’re talking, we’re out there letting people know that we are also affected by these difficult events.

“We learned that we’re not bullet-proof… we’re people just like everybody else. We have to pay attention to the effects that these strange events have on our bodies and our mental health.”

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